About this episode

The episode explores Saruman's jealousy of Gandalf and concludes a four-episode study of The Hunt for the Ring from Unfinished Tales.

Saruman has no time for the simples of peasants; Alan and Matt wouldn’t mind if things were simpler. Join The Man of the West and The Nerd of the Rings as we get an in-depth look at Saruman’s continuing jealousy of Gandalf as we conclude our four-episode study of The Hunt for the Ring from Unfinished Tales. Saruman knows it’s a long day living in Isengard, Gandalf gives reasons why smoking is actually good, and Radagast gets stuck in the middle. We alliterate with Sean Connery, wonder where the non-smoking section is in Rivendell, and decide we clearly cannot choose the hobbit in front of you. Also, the Nazgûl’s wet socks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Alan, Matt

Topics covered

• Saruman's jealousy
• Gandalf's wisdom
• The Hunt for the Ring
• Unfinished Tales
• Middle-earth
• Character analysis
• Fantasy literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Hunt for the Ring, Unfinished Tales

Places: Isengard, Rivendell

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